Colorado Avalanche Information Center

Avalanche season is here, but a new partnership between Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center aims to make it easier to stay updated on risks and warnings.

It’s the peak of an epic ski season across the Mountain West. With more storms on the way and spring breakers soon descending, avalanche experts are urging caution.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center counts at least 33 avalanche deaths across the country so far this season. That number eclipses the 23 fatalities for the entire winter the year before – and several years prior.

The deaths of two Colorado men caught in backcountry avalanches and a third in Montana over the frigid Presidents Day weekend underscore the winter dangers in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Forecasters say exceptionally weak layers of snowpack have created the most hazardous conditions in a decade.

Two snowboarders who triggered an avalanche in the backcountry of Colorado in March are facing criminal charges.

Mike Cooperstein and Jason Konigsberg maneuvered a 6-foot long cross-cut saw with menacing teeth into position Tuesday on a hulking spruce trunk that was…

Recent storms have brought a lot of snow to Colorado. And with snow, comes the danger of avalanches. Since the recent winter storm, over 80 avalanches…

Avalanche forecasters in Colorado say it's going to be a bad year. They're predicting the highest danger level for snow slides since they began forecasting in 1973.

Forecasters in Colorado are warning of “very destructive” avalanches as heavy snowfall and strong winds are expected Wednesday.Avalanches have already…